On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
29th July~4th August 2019
29th The most famous bowls match in history took place on this day in 1588, or so legend has it....
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Posted by Margaret Roberts | Jul 29, 2019 | This Week in Sport & Leisure History | 0
29th The most famous bowls match in history took place on this day in 1588, or so legend has it....
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22nd Cosmo Duff-Gordon, was born on this day in 1862. A prominent Scottish landowner and...
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15th On this day in 1815 the first flat horse race was held at an English race track – Cheltenham...
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8th Events at Wimbledon on this day over the years include: in 1905, Laurence Doherty won his 4th...
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1st BBC 2 began transmissions in colour in Britain in 1967 with nearly seven hours’ coverage of...
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